State and Main

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State and Main
Directed by David Mamet
Produced by Sarah Green
Written by David Mamet
Starring Alec Baldwin
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Charles Durning
Sarah Jessica Parker
William H. Macy
David Paymer
Rebecca Pidgeon
Julia Stiles
Music by Theodore Shapiro
Cinematography Oliver Stapleton
Editing by Barbara Tulliver
Distributed by Fine Line Features
Release date(s) 2000
Running time 105 min.
Language English
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State and Main is a 2000 comedy film, written and directed by David Mamet and starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Rebecca Pidgeon, about the on-location production in Waterford, Vermont of a film called The Old Mill. The actual film was shot in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts; Dedham, Massachusetts; and Waltham, Massachusetts.

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State and Main centers on the havoc wrought on the inhabitants of a small town by a troubled film production. After the leading man's penchant for teenage girls gets them banished from their New Hampshire location, a film crew relocates to the small town of Waterford, VT, to finish shooting "The Old Mill." As its title suggests, the film depends on the presence of a genuine mill, something the town is reported to possess. Unfortunately, with only days before principal photography begins, it becomes apparent that the mill in fact burned down decades ago. Unfazed, the film's director, Walt Price (William H. Macy), places his faith in the ability of first-time screenwriter Joseph Turner White (Philip Seymour Hoffman) to alter the script; what he doesn't count on is White's apparently bottomless reserve of angst-fueled writer's block. The film's leading lady (Sarah Jessica Parker) refuses to do her contracted nude scene unless she's paid an additional $800,000, while a foreign cinematographer offends the locals by messing with a historic firehouse, and the leading man, Bob Barrenger (Alec Baldwin), dallies with Carla (Julia Stiles), a crafty local teen. Everything comes to a head after Barrenger and Carla are injured in a car accident, which leads White (the only witness) to another emotional quandary and into the arms of local bookseller Annie Black (Rebecca Pidgeon). Meanwhile a powerful movie producer (David Paymer) comes to town to help Price with the ensuing mess.

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  • Michael Higgins - Doc Wilson
  • Michael Bradshaw - Town Priest
  • Morris Lamore - Bunky
  • Allen Soule - Spud
  • Clark Gregg - Doug Mackenzie
  • Rebecca Pidgeon - Ann
  • Ricky Jay - Jack
  • Julia Stiles - Carla
  • Matt Malloy - Hotel Clerk
  • Charles Durning - Mayor George Bailey
  • Tony V - Water Delivery Man
  • Tony Mamet - Electrician
  • Jack Wallace - Bellhop
  • Michael James O'Boyle - Chuckie
  • Charlotte Potok - Maude
  • Christopher Kaldor - Officer Cal Thompkin
  • Frederic Levy - Gun Store Owner (as Rick Levy)
  • J.J. Johnston - Stationmaster
  • Patti LuPone - Sherry Bailey
  • Dick Friedman - Postman (as Richard L. Friedman)
  • Kolbie McCabe - Girl on Scooter
  • Emma Norman - Fisherwoman
  • Dee Nelson - Decorator
  • Brian Howe - Bartender
  • Robert Walsh - Trooper #1
  • G. Roy Levin - Salesman with Rubber Duck
  • Matthew Pidgeon - B.B.G. TV Reporter
  • Danny Hovanesian - Bailiff (as Daniel G. Hovanesian)
  • Jerry Graff - Fake Judge
  • Timothy Jernigan-Smith - Billy on Bike
  • Paul Butler - Real Judge
  • Alexandra Kerry - Television Director
  • Ken Cheeseman - Trooper #2
  • Jordan Lage - Doc Morten
  • William H. Macy - Walt Price
  • Lionel Mark Smith - Bill Smith
  • Vincent Guastaferro - Uberto Pazzi-Sforzo
  • Linda Kimbrough - Courtney
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman - Joseph Turner White
  • Jim Frangione - Tommy Max
  • Alec Baldwin - Bob Barrenger
  • Lana Bilzerian - Girl PA
  • Sarah Jessica Parker - Claire Wellesley
  • Laura Silverman - Secretary
  • David Paymer - Marty Rossen
  • Josh Marchette - Production Assistant
  • Jonathan Katz - Howie Gold
  • John Krasinski - Caddy (uncredited)
  • Alan Francis - Vermont State Trooper (uncredited)
  • Darrell Geer - Vermont State Trooper (uncredited)
  • Cindy Lentol - Reporter (uncredited)
  • Molly Levine - Girl pictured in Magazine (uncredited)
  • Kevin Foster McCarthy - Airport Van Driver (uncredited)
  • Todd Poudrier - Production Assistant (uncredited)
  • Kate Super - Production Assistant (uncredited)

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Films Directed by David Mamet
House of Games (1987) • Things Change (1988) • Homicide (1991) • Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants (1996) • The Spanish Prisoner (1997) • The Winslow Boy (1999) • Catastrophe (2000) • State and Main (2000) • Heist (2001) • Spartan (2004) • Redbelt (2008) • Joan of Bark: The Dog that Saved France (2008)
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